Jyothi wins 100m hurdles gold but misses NR due to wind-aided effort

Jyothi Yarraji grabbed the gold medal but her time did not enter the record books. Jyothi, who trains in Bhubaneshwar, dominated the women's 100m hurdles final, winning with a wind-aided time of 13.08 seconds, faster than the existing national record of 13.38 in the name of Anuradha Biswal since 2002. Jyothi's time will not be considered as a national record since there was a tail-wind of 2.1m/s, slightly above the permitted limit of 2m/s.

It was the second time Jyothi had run better than Biswal's 20-year-old national record. She was also credited with a time of 13.03 seconds in the inter-university championships in January 2020, but AFI did not ratify it as a national record as she was not tested for doping. On Sunday, Tamil Nadu long jumper Jeswin Aldrin's wind-aided effort of 8.37m was not considered a national record though he won the gold medal. There was a tail wind of 4.1m/s during his jump. Olympian S Sreeshankar of Kerala won the silver with his 8.36m effort, which was also credited as national record. The 22-year-old Jyothi glided over the hurdles with ease to secure herself a second 100m hurdles title at the national level, her maiden victory having come during the Inter-State Championships in Lucknow in August 2019. In the heats on Sunday, Jyothi had bettered the meet record with a time of 13.43 seconds. In the women's long jump, Nayana James won a keen battle with Ancy Sojan on a day when the podium finishers, including Sandra Babu, accounted for as many as 11 jumps past the 6m mark. Despite beginning with a no-mark, Nayana James was the most consistent jumper, topping two 6.41m efforts with a 6.47m try on her fifth attempt. Ancy Sojan opened with 6.33m but did not find the rhythm to go better. Competing